Documents reveal former PM Tony Abbott's department considered a probe into the weather bureau over its global warming estimates. Greg Hunt was among those arguing against it.
Volkswagen's CEO Martin Winterkorn has quit over the carmaker's emissions cover-up. He says he was "stunned that misconduct on such a scale was possible"; the company says more heads will roll.
Malcolm Turnbull is about to announce $41 million in funding to address domestic violence. The ABC understands it will fund training for police and social workers and legal advice at hospitals.
ICYMI: Egypt's president has pardoned Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed. Their colleague, Australian reporter Peter Greste, learned of the news live on the ABC's Chaser's Media Circus.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott's own department discussed setting up an investigation into the Bureau of Meteorology, amid media claims it was exaggerating estimates of global warming, FOI documents reveal.
Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardons jailed Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, along with 100 prisoners, the presidency and official media say.
New details are revealed about ambulances being called to popular Sydney breast implant clinic The Cosmetic Institute to take young patients to hospital emergency departments.
David Pocock was the driving force as Australia beat Fiji 28-13 in its World Cup opener, but the failure to secure a bonus point could come back to bite the Wallabies.
The EU's president urges leaders gathering for an emergency summit to stop fighting over the asylum seeker quota deal and take urgent action to secure the bloc's borders.
The Twitter account used by the Australian Defence Force to fight Islamic State propaganda is sending tweets in Arabic that make little or no sense, an Arabic language expert says.
Pope Francis urges the United States to help tackle climate change at a "critical moment of history" and calls on Americans to build a truly tolerant and inclusive society.
A Melbourne pensioner, a brain-damaged Western Australian mine worker and two other Australians who all claim they were duped into smuggling millions of dollars in drugs bound for Australia are granted bail in a landmark Hong Kong court ruling.
A group of Auburn councillors in Sydney — including high-profile deputy mayor Salim Mehajer — are accused of a failure to address the appearance of conflicts of interest in council planning decisions.
The New Zealand government bows to public pressure and adds an extra flag design to the four options already being considered for a new national banner.
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